ca·nes·cent 
(kə-nĕsənt)
(kə-nĕsənt)adj.
1. Biology Covered with short, fine whitish or grayish hairs or down; hoary.
2. Turning white or grayish.
[Latin cānēscēns, cānēscent-, present participle of cānēscere, inchoative of cānēre, to be white, from cānus, white; see kas- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
ca·nescence n.
- bioherm
- bioidentical
- bioinformatics
- bioinorganic
- bioinstrumentation
- Bioko
- bioleached
- bioleaching
- biolith
- biolithic
- biologic
- biologic
- biological
- biological clock
- biological computing
- biological control
- biological drug
- biological half-life
- biologically
- biological oxygen demand
- biological response modifier
- biological warfare
- biological weapon
- biologist
- biology